Buckle Up! Click It Or Ticket Campaigns Have Begun In Minnesota and Wisconsin

The Click It Or Ticket campaigns have begun in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, which means there will be extra law enforcement out now through June 4 to make sure motorists are wearing their seat belts. This is a component of both state’s Toward Zero Deaths program, with goal of zero road fatalities.

Statistics show that wearing your seat belt does improve your chances of becoming a fatality on the road. In Minnesota, the numbers are promising:

According to the 2016 Minnesota Seat Belt Survey, 93 percent of front seat occupants are wearing their seat belts.

Severe injuries are also going down. In 1987, there were 4,176 vehicle occupants who suffered severe injuries in traffic crashes. That number dropped to 745 in 2015.

If you choose to not buckle up, perhaps these stats will change your mind: